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Shenae Grimes Laughs Off Tabloid Rumors

Erik — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:00:05 +0000

"90210" star Shenae Grimes enjoys reading the tabloids because she’s fascinated by untrue rumors about her private life. The actress admits she’s been the subject of numerous false stories over t… Read More >…[...]

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PlayStation Move ad pulls no motion-controlled punches against Wii, Project Natal

Erik — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:00:04 +0000

Sony’s VP of Realistic Movements Kevin Butler (boy, does that guy have a large business card) is at it again, this time in a video ad for the PlayStation Move. He’s back from the future to thank us all for the success of the motion control device, and make a few jabs towards Nintendo and Microsoft for their efforts. Here’s a few choice quotes. “Because real boxers don’t hit like this [flails arms exasperatingly]” “It’s also got what we in the future call buttons, which turn out to be pretty important to those handful of millions of people who enjoy playing shooters, platformers, well, anything that doesn’t involve catching a big red ball.” “C’mon, who wants to pretend their hand is a gun. What is this, third grade? Pew, pew, pew.” Check out the futuristic — or now-eristic, rather — commercial after the break. And if you ask, sorry, we still wouldn’t bet on Kansas City in six.Continue reading PlayStation Move ad pulls no motion-controlled punches against Wii, Project Nat…[...]

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Lord British’s Lost Lunar Rover Found, After 37 Years

Erik — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:00:04 +0000

Lanxon writes “The guy behind Ultima Online once bought an old Russian rover, despite it being lost on the moon somewhere. And now, using images released by NASA, it has been located on the moon’s surface after nearly four decades of being MIA, reports Wired. Richard Garriott, who created the Ultima Online multiplayer game, bought the Lunokhod 2 in a Sotheby’s auction in New York in 1998. And so new was the discovery of his lost possession, he hadn’t even heard that the craft had been discovered when Wired spoke to him.” (Richard Garriott is also well known as Lord British.) Read more of this story at Slashdot.[...]

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CIA chief: Al-Qaida crippled, leaders hiding

Erik — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:45:05 +0000

Relentless attacks against al-Qaeda in the Pakistan tribal region appear to have driven Osama bin Laden and other top leaders deeper into hiding, CIA Director Leon Panetta says.[...]

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Now All BlackBerry Apps Can Have Push Notifications

Erik — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:30:04 +0000

Today, RIM is opening up the BlackBerry Push Service to all BlackBerry developers.Push notifications let applications notify users of an alert or new message in real-time. This feature has been available to some developers since October of 2008, but today, everyone can get in on the action.This can be especially useful for breaking news, sports scores or for social networking apps like Twitter and Facebook. Push notifications also improve battery life, because the app doesn’t have to constantly poll a server looking for new data. RIM has a new page dedicated to the BlackBerry Push Service for developers that gives an overview of how the system works, the different service options and links to resources in the SDK.Developers have a choice of what type of Push Service they want to implement. BlackBerry Push Essentials support is free for all tiers of users. Developers that want to have more control over their push notifications and content delivery can opt for the BlackBerry Push P…[...]

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